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RSN: Mort Rosenblum | On Sheep, Wolves and Unfriendly Skies 
American Airlines planes. (photo: AP)
Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News
Rosenblum writes: "I think I've figured out the American penchant for bombing the crap out of airfields in so many places around the world. It's just our innate generosity. We want to bring them to the level of La Guardia."
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Sam Patten shown in 2014. (photo: Richard Leoby/TWP)
Sam Patten shown in 2014. (photo: Richard Leoby/TWP)

Manafort-Linked Lobbyist W. Samuel Patten Pleads Guilty to Failing to Register as Foreign Agent
Ken Dilanian, Pete Williams and Garrett Grumbach, NBC News
Excerpt: "Prosecutors say Sam Patten lobbied for a Ukrainian party called the Opposition Bloc, which was launched by Paul Manafort in 2014."
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Marijuana growing operation. (photo: Getty)
Marijuana growing operation. (photo: Getty)

The Trump Administration Has Secretly Launched an Anti-Weed Committee
Harry Cheadle, VICE
Cheadle writes: "Anti-pot animus is apparently pretty common among the people putting this committee together."
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Salvadoran children. (photo: Getty)
Salvadoran children. (photo: Getty)

El Salvador Says Three Migrant Children Separated From Their Parents Were Sexually Abused in US Shelters
Aris Folley, The Hill
Folley writes: "Salvadoran officials said on Thursday that they have received reports of three minors being sexually abused in shelters in Arizona after being separated from their parents as a result of the Trump administration's controversial 'zero tolerance' policy."
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Robert Huynh poses with his aunts Mable Charles, left, and Bennye Hayes in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 2016. Huynh, the son of a U.S. serviceman and a Vietnamese woman, came to the United States at age 14 but now, at age 48, faces possible deportation. (photo: Robert Huyhn)
Robert Huynh poses with his aunts Mable Charles, left, and Bennye Hayes in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 2016. Huynh, the son of a U.S. serviceman and a Vietnamese woman, came to the United States at age 14 but now, at age 48, faces possible deportation. (photo: Robert Huyhn)

Thousands of Vietnamese, Including Offspring of US Troops, Could Be Deported Under Tough Trump Policy
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post
Denyer writes: "Robert Huynh is one of about 8,000 Vietnamese potentially caught up in a tough new immigration policy adopted by the Trump administration, significantly escalating deportation proceedings against immigrants who have green cards but never became U.S. citizens, and who have violated U.S. law."
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Flooded streets of Puerto Rico. (photo: Hector Retamal/Getty)
Flooded streets of Puerto Rico. (photo: Hector Retamal/Getty)

'I'm So Tired of Asking for Help': Letters From Puerto Rico
Molly Osberg, Splinter News
Osberg writes: "This week the Puerto Rican government raised Hurricane Maria's official death toll from 64 to 2,975. In response to questions about the new, vastly increased estimate, President Trump said Wednesday he believed the response effort on the island had been 'fantastic.'"
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A Grizzly bear mother and her cub walk near Pelican Creek in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, October 8, 2012. (photo: Karen Bleier/AFP)
A Grizzly bear mother and her cub walk near Pelican Creek in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, October 8, 2012. (photo: Karen Bleier/AFP)

First Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years Blocked by Federal Judge
Laura Zuckerman, Reuters
Zuckerman writes: "A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals' protected status."
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